1
[ adjective ] openly declared as such

Synonyms

professed

Examples

"an avowed enemy" "her professed love of everything about that country" "McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist"

Used in print

(Barry Goldwater, "A Foreign Policy for America"...)

Today Sukarno 's government is heavily besieged by avowed Communists , and for all_of its `` neutralist '' pretensions , it is a firm ally of Soviet policy .

Related terms

declared

2
[ adjective ] asserted as true under oath

Synonyms

attested

Examples

"a statement attested by witnesses"

Related terms

sworn

3
[ adjective ] openly affirmed

Examples

"an avowed Jeffersonian"

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acknowledged

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